A doctor who was flying home after volunteering in New York City says every seat on his flight was full, despite the airline telling him that every middle seat would be empty.
A doctor's tweet about"scared" and"shocked" passengers on a crowded United Airlines flight has highlighted the difficulties of physical distancing while traveling during the coronavirus pandemic.is relaxing their social distancing policy these days?" Dr. Ethan Weiss, a cardiologist who was flying from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco, California, tweeted alongside a picture of himself sitting in a packed aircraft."Every seat full on this 737.
Weiss wrote that he was with a group of 25 nurses and doctors who were returning home after volunteering in New York City hospitals for the past two to four weeks and that he was not sure why other passengers were traveling. He added that the flight would be"the last time" he'd be flying again"in a long time."
He also posted a picture of an email he says he received from United instructing him that the airline would be"blocking middle seats" as a preventative measure and to give passengers"enough room" to board. This was not the case, as passengers were sitting in the middle seats, according to Weiss' picture and thread, which he posted Saturday.Sign Up
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